Mower



June 3, 1930.

- M. Fl EMERSON MOWER Filed April 26, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 & r A w aftozwmp endless-chain emrr'yihg k ii es lrvhichibd I operate with -guard "fingersor gtat'" nary v kni es-5; secured i'lp'qn-a'thel irontig-ide V v Appliction filed "Aprilj2fi,

' This invention relates t6 harvesting ap'pa ratus and one'object is to kprpvide ah endlefss v series f eutters' which will. operatefeentin- V muously infone direction andithereby-feiveid" the Wear and noise and loss of timeji'n'eid'eht to a" reeipr'eca'ting cutter and due to. theteml pqraryflstopp ag and reversil of the direction of motion; Thein vention alsdhasffor'itsbbf j ecttherp'royision of a'nqyel/eutterfandmeans 10 whereby the proper pbsition 0f the cutterwill be- :iutdmaticallyflattgti nedf when the I same) is assembled Withth driving agent, and a fur: ther-"object of the inventionie tojpr'ovide meafis'W-here'hythe cutter-Will remain at' restwhen themachine is being rev ersed or termed;-

Other i bbjects' of the invention Will appear incidentally in the-Course "p'f the following; description, and the invention resides in 'ceri taih no'VeIfeature-whieh willkbe particular 1y pointed oilt. in thejappendedielaimsl:r -f

v V ,Figure 1 'is a plan wefi iw ith pertejn-eee- 5 ti'ori' arid-parts removed; 'ofa cutting eppamtus embodying thejpreent-ihvention, same, J Fig." 31s arr-end View,

Fig.4 is an, enlarged detail perep etilteiefi Figi 5-is a bettom'pla Yieyy time gear member,

'fmember, v v ,7 e -Fig; 7: is a detail septio on he 1i i'1e 7- -7 y In er in f he Y nt d ith e i p idedfa' frame consi ting-join plate plat T h e i se ured.l ven-w of'a harvester-growerframe enyfe V I ieht nian' er and. Supports and @house ud-nal section; 015 th tween the'se lug Hi6 V 61 I cha ifig' comprises [a se'rles "jef sherteeuplihg L 7 links '6 and lenger-i knife-cerry-ing i'1i'I1k's*"Z-* V which are pivoted at. their .e'ndetel.v t,

595 pling links and. have their endsfiufdrnieflfat" 1929." Serial No. 358,346: "i

ets but having'theiri-frorlt corners formed;

to make" square butt-jeints, Iaej shbwniat"95 wherebyyreletive;turning"movement-iii"the Q op'ppsit l direction will be prevented: "The? I linke hre'preferablyv-cempb'sed'jdf-upper5 tainedand the shorter edupli'ng l'ihk GW'IHbe axielly threug'h-thej boss'eslf By thisfarrs'lhge-f mentythe pullingftffiirlfis,Bill, tx k el l lbyf tliie' j e V b0s'ses, the-piveti-boltsfor rivets'merely"hdldpfle e ing the links together. The"upper,platefof' rel'atiyely obliqilely'fldi'spos ed Oblong" higllO and'each bladeis-cen'structedet its c'efite'r} with a correspondingly,Shapedislotadepte d i 3 fingers t'efCooperate; with the;guardfingerg4 1 .7

and effectfjslhearin'glcut iiiabh'theefopgi Pivg oted" upon the fliigs 10 jare buttons '12'Whieh One pds ition will; lie oftheflug so th at, the fb1a 1em 'belengig: f1 lever Or removed "from the liigfihd in another f d ad a en "11151 106 ositively nd: aucomamcany I edge of the blade is formed with two cutting portions 14 and the cutting portions upon the same edge as well as'the cutting portions at the same end of the blade are oppositely beveled. By reason of this provision of a plurality of cutting surfaces and the relative reversed arrangement of thesame, it is-impossible to. place a blade inpositioniupon chain so that a cutting edge will not be presented at the working end of the blade and in proper position to properly engage-the crop; It-will also be observed that each blade has four cut.- ting edges and it will, consequently, have a long life inasmuch as it is-possible to reverse the blade about its longitudinal axis and alsov about its-- transverse axis whereby to bring; a new cutting surface into working pos tion: when a usedsurface hasbecome too-- dull-to perform effective work At; one,end.of theframe is provided a sprocket wheel-15 which is mountedupon a pintle 16 fitted in a frame 17 which isjslidably-mountedu-ponthe; frame plate 1 and has a lower member restingonzsaid plate and an upper member overhang ng the sprocket, as;

shown inhig; 2,. Thebottom ofjthe frame isgrex-ten'ded laterally, as shown "at 18, wherebyto; engage against theside flanges or rails.

2, and be; guided thereby-when it is being placedin position or being adjusted. Adjacent the-end 'of'the-frame 17, a crossbar 19 iscarried'by the-,main frame and in said bar is nounted an adjustingboltQO which is engaged with the end of-theirame 17 whereby lrotation' oi, the bolt will efiectlongitudinal moyementofthe frame andithereby 'cornpensateion-Wear upon the cutter chain. Secured 1 uponthe-upper side of the cross bar 19 and projecting therefrom overthe frame 17 and ther sprocket is a-cap plate'21 whichserves' to proteotithe frame and the chain and cut-- ters from.;da mage by chance blowsor fal-lingbbjects andalso serves to prevent the "pintle 16: from rising trom'the sprocket: 15,-

as-iwfll bequnderstoodg. At the opposite end 3:011 ,the frame plate 1 andifitted loosely-,.about stub shaftg22. and resting, on said 7 boss;

- shaft22 and this driving sprocket 25 is -engaged by.-a sprocket chain; 26 whi'ch may. be: 'a ctuated from the-i wheels ofthe harvester or; i jfrom any= other; source of; power. The sprocket flfli is provided in its upper side 1 witlr a series of notchesyor recesses 26 arranged conieentric with, the hub thereof and- Y .on-the;underasideofthe sprocket 25dogs 27 are pivotedto engage in said recesses. When a the sprocket 25 is driven-yin one. direction whli'legjthe; machine isadvancing, the dogs willflengagetheishouldered ends: off-the re-x "cesses: 126. andactuate; the sprocket 24c, andthe; cutter but when thefmachinef is being frameis mounted a stud sh-aftQQ-in a t 5a, sprocket 24- about which the cutter chainistrained ,Abovejthe sprocket 24, a driYi lgfiprocket 25jis mounted upon the stub chains toride from the sprockets will be counteracted.

A hood 42 is hinged at its rear edge upon the cap plates 21' and 29 to extend over and protect all' the working'parts, and: the usual 7 divider 43 may be employed. 1

It Will bereadilyseen from-the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, that I. have provided an exceedingly simple cutting, apparatus:

which will operate continuously in one direction and in which the cutting blades will- 1 be necessarily fitted in the proper working position. Should any one blade be broken, it can be removed and a new blade substituted therefor in a very short periodof; time without any appreciable idleness of the machine.

Having thus described the invention, I

claim: 7 r

1. A cutting apparatus comprising an endthe several links of the chain, blades having longitudinal slots correspondingto said'l ugs and engageable thereover, and-means for retaming theblades on the lugs. 1

2, Cutting apparatus comprising an endless chain,- means for drivingthe chain, obliquely disposed lugs on the upper sides of the several links of the chain, guide lugs at the opposite sides of the first-mentioned lugs,

blades: provided centrally with slots correless chain,v means for driving thechain,iobliiquely disposed lugs on the upper sideof sponding to the first-mentioned lugs on the chain links and engageablethereover, the

blades fitting closely between the secondmentioned lugs, and means. for retaining the blades in engagement with the lugs.

3, A- cuttingapparatus comprising an-endless chain, means for driving the chainfobliquely disposed angular lugs'on the several links of thechain, guide lugs disposed onthe links of the chain at opposite sides ofsaid angular lugs, blades engageable over :the' angularlugs and between the guide lugs,and holding, elements 7 mounted on the first-mentionedlugs andrad'apted inoneposition to project be yondrthe same over the respective blades.

3 l 4.- In a, cutting apparatus, -a-.relativelylong flat blade having cutting; portions upon: its

opposite side-edges, there being-twocutting V portionstupon each side edge and'the cutting port onsupon-the'sameuedge and at-the same ends-of the opposite edges; being; oppositely beveled, p

' "5. In a cutting apparatus, a an' endless chain, blades carried by the several links of" V the chain, a sprocket engaged with said links to actuate the same and provided with ratchet recesses in its upper side," a drivin'g member 1 1 I disposed above and coaxially with; said sprocket, and a dog mounted on theunder side of the driving member and adapted to engage the ratchet'recesses" in the driven H sprocket. 1 I C Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature. I

MILLARD F. EMERSON. [I 8,] i 

